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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
10
The Great Northern railway announces reductions effective September 15 from Seattle to eastern points. Lumber rates drop 6 cents and shingles 7 1/2 cents, with fir to Brandon now 46 cents and shingles at 57 1/2 cents, matching reductions to other Canadian Northern points.
Indianapolis Sept 13 The International Typographical unions and the Typothetae failed to agree to an eight hour day at a city conference. The local union orders a citywide strike in shops not enforcing the eight hour day. About 150 men involved. President Lynch said unions must demand contracts for an eight hour day starting January 1 and strike where refused.
The Norwegian and Swedish commissioners fail to agree on terms to dissolve the union. Norway states it cannot accept Sweden's conditions, signaling a deadlock in negotiations in Christiania.
Seattle Sept. 11 Prof. W J Spillman of the US Department of Agriculture arrives to discuss large scale scientific farming with Byron Hunter of the government grain testing garden at Pullman. Spillman cites Georgia gains and aims to apply methods in Washington by rotating crops and boosting dairying hog and poultry farming profits.
In St. Petersburg on September 11 an imperial decree dismissed Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and the captains of the battleship Nicolai I and the cruisers Admiral Seniavan and General Arraxine. They were stripped of rank and await trial on return to Russia for surrender of their vessels to Japan at the Sea of Japan.
The State Department states a treaty exists but has not been distributed locally. Officials note no further details are available and processing is pending. Local readers await official publication or briefing on terms and implications.
Sandwich N H Sept 11 Former President Cleveland acquires two farms in the area as part of his ongoing land purchases in New England.
Surveying teams work between Vancouver and the Cascades as Portland and Seattle and an offshoot of Hill roads pursue a line along the north bank of the Columbia River. A right of way is claimed to be purchased with two small exceptions for the entire Vancouver to Kennewick stretch. Contracts for the bed are near, with announcements expected from Northern Pacific President Elliott and Wallula Pacific President Louis Gerlinger.
The forestry service and the weather bureau will install a telephone line and station system to speed fire alerts. The first network goes to the Big Horn forest reserve in Wyoming, covering 1,151,680 acres, to notify the weather department when fires start.
The Washington Supreme Court decided that Port Townsend water works bonds are not municipal securities and thus could not be bought from the permanent school fund. Judge Fullerton authored the decision, supported by all justices, upholding Gov. Mead’s position. Other briefs note the boycotts in China easing and the death of J Thomas Hickey, assistant secretary of state.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker will succeed Prof. Collins as chief counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company at an annual salary of 100000. Announcement was made today in New York.
Morocco sultan agrees to French demands after ultimatum, signaling compliance on key terms. French minister to Fez and Rabat confirms Sultan yielded all points.
Senator Piles said he recommended Judge T N Allen of Olympia to be receiver of the Olympia laws office to succeed J O B Scobey who resigned. Senator Ankeny endorses the appointment. Letters from the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to Hampshire have been mailed.
Reports from St Petersburg describe the Black Town of Baku burning while Armenian and Tartar forces clash. Rioting subsists in Balakhan as oil works are destroyed and communication with oil centers is severed. Troops are insufficient and industry losses exceed half the regional output.
A Baku Telegram to St Petersburg reports a tense fighting atmosphere with Armenian and Tartare factions in control areas. Cannons, fires at Bibbat Sabunto Nomani and surrounding oil works intensify as 1600 tanks fuel the fires. Oil workers seek troops around the oil region to exclude warring elements and restore order.
The board of consulting engineers of the Panama canal discussed organization and procedure. A special committee report was presented and a visit to the isthmus was practically decided, contingent on accepting Chairman Shonts invitation at the end of the month when the commission meets in Panama.
duties extend into October as Root assumes the secretary role. Bacon, previously a junior partner at J P Morgan and Co, departs from the firm.
Martial law spreads as mobs attack churches and schools amid anti peace terms protests. Police seal and open gates at Tokyo Hibiya park. Osaka and Nagoya hold similar gatherings. The government arrests press and restricts publications. citizens fear further clashes with American interests.
Wireless telegraphy becomes essential for the U S Navy linking ships with shores and each other. A Cape Elizabeth to Caribbean chain is in use with plans to reach Washington from any warship, enabling 125 mile reliable links and 225 mile successes, with over 400 miles overheard.
A metal pine cone bomb recovered in Paris after an attack on King Alfonso XIII and President Loubet is traced to anarchists of Barcelona. M. Chavigny, seeing the cone, unknowingly carried it home, then with police officials revealed two glass tubes filled with sulphuric acid as part of the device.
The laboratory director evacuated the building as M. Girard used water to neutralize a bomb containing 1400 grains of fulminate. He stood behind a porte cochere shielding himself while the device sank harmlessly. Authorities suspect an anarchist planted the bomb to avoid arrest.
Sir Thomas Dewar notes Americans’ keen interest in contests. He recalls a ragged newsboy staring at a baker’s display, then receiving a dime from Dewar. The boy boasts a dollar wager on the third race, amused by strangers’ generosity and luck.
Mrs Keene remarks a new second girl has been a soubrette at some stage of her career noting she avoids touching anything but the high places. The dialogue reflects on stagecraft and vocal performance in a Detroit Free Press snippet.
An old salt recalls losing a leg after stepping on a starboard tack during a dog watch while handling a baby jib. The exchange with a young listener frames the accident as a brisk naval shanty of seamanship and danger.
A terse fragment notes a young felon recalling a distant crime, referencing SA FREN and a 5 year timeframe with scattered terms like Kan and Globe. The readable text is incomplete, but implies a reminiscence or declaration about past legal trouble.
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